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Mrinav Dehingia

Walmart customer refuses to give personal info at self checkout. But the machine allegedly displays her name and number: ‘You just know who I am’

A routine bottle-of-water run to Walmart is getting attention online after a shopper says a self-checkout machine addressed her by name. The machine also referenced her phone number, despite her declining to provide it during the transaction.

The shopper, who posts under the name Maya, described the alleged encounter in a TikTok video. According to her account, she walked into the store without her phone out, picked up a bottle of water, and headed to a self-checkout kiosk.

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